*          ATLANTIC TC GENESIS INDEX           *
                      *                GFS VERSION                   *
                      *           AL972019 09/17/19 00 UTC           *

TIME (hr)           0     6    12    18    24    36    48    60    72    84    96   108   120
Prob of Genesis                                       37%                                 62%

LAT  (deg N)     11.6  11.9  12.4  12.9  13.5  14.5  15.0  15.7  17.1  18.3  19.7  20.7  22.2
LON  (deg W)     43.5  44.2  44.9  45.4  45.9  47.9  50.3  52.4  54.5  57.2  60.4  63.5  66.0
DTL  (km)        1197  1170  1166  1177  1194  1169  1109  1077   990   896   578   352   411
TRACK SOURCE     AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05  AP05

TCGI  0-48h Genesis Forecast:   37% is  1.2 times the sample mean (  30%)
TCGI 0-120h Genesis Forecast:   62% is  1.4 times the sample mean (  43%)

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INDIVIDUAL PREDICTOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROBABILITY OF GENESIS 

               *******  48-HR ******   ******* 120-HR ******
                   AVG   TCGI   CONT       AVG   TCGI   CONT
DIVERGENCE        -1.0    0.3   4.6%       1.0   -0.6  12.2%
VORTICITY          1.7    2.4   9.9%       1.4    2.1  19.9%
VERTICAL SHEAR    16.3   12.1  16.1%      18.4   16.2  19.6%
RH                73.1   70.9  -0.2%      70.9   68.3   2.9%
GOES              29.1   18.0   0.8%      29.3   18.0   0.6%
DVORAK             0.8    1.0   5.9%       0.8    1.0   6.5%

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PREDICTOR DEFINITIONS (Averaged Over 500 km Radius)

GENESIS CLIM   = Climatological Prob (%) of Genesis (Source: NHC-TAFB Invest Database) 
DIVERGENCE     = GFS 850 hPa Horizontal Divergence (x10-7 s-1)
VORTICITY      = GFS 850 hPa Vorticity (x10-6 s-1)
VERTICAL SHEAR = GFS 200-850 hPa Vertical Shear (kt)
RH             = GFS 600-850 hPa Relative Humidity (%)
GOES           = GOES Water Vapor Pixels Colder than -40C (%)
DVORAK         = Dvorak T-number, source: TAFB

Version 3.0, July 2018